Trackimage | Playbut | Trackname | Playbut | Trackname |
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10286510 | Play | Summertime | 00:00 Tools | |
10286507 | Play | Finger Buster | 00:00 Tools | |
10286635 | Play | Am I Blue? | 00:00 Tools | |
10286508 | Play | Echoes of Spring | 02:37 Tools | |
10286513 | Play | Harlem Joys | 00:00 Tools | |
10286511 | Play | Passionette | 00:00 Tools | |
10286519 | Play | Pork And Beans | 00:00 Tools | |
52036929 | Play | Summertime - Instrumental | 00:00 Tools | |
10286509 | Play | Relaxin' | 00:00 Tools | |
10286512 | Play | Swing, Brother, Swing | 00:00 Tools | |
10286637 | Play | Echoes Of Spring (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286514 | Play | Morning Air | 00:00 Tools | |
10286529 | Play | Rippling Waters | 00:00 Tools | |
52037027 | Play | Solitude | 00:00 Tools | |
10286521 | Play | Pretty Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
10286516 | Play | Contrary Motion | 00:00 Tools | |
10286518 | Play | Concentratin' | 00:00 Tools | |
10286532 | Play | Swing Brother Swing | 00:00 Tools | |
10286546 | Play | In A Minor Groove | 00:00 Tools | |
10286525 | Play | Music On My Mind | 00:00 Tools | |
10286559 | Play | Steeplechase | 00:00 Tools | |
10286617 | Play | Echo Of Spring | 00:00 Tools | |
10286526 | Play | More Than That | 00:00 Tools | |
10286524 | Play | Honeysuckle Rose | 00:00 Tools | |
10286537 | Play | Cuttin' Out | 00:00 Tools | |
10286517 | Play | Moonlight Cocktail | 00:00 Tools | |
10286531 | Play | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | 00:00 Tools | |
10286527 | Play | I'm All Out of Breath | 00:00 Tools | |
10286544 | Play | Ain't She Sweet | 02:54 Tools | |
10286535 | Play | Shine | 00:00 Tools | |
10286542 | Play | H&M Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
10286530 | Play | All Out Of Breath | 00:00 Tools | |
10286522 | Play | Ain't Misbehavin' | 00:00 Tools | |
87231451 | Play | Tea for Two | 00:00 Tools | |
10286538 | Play | Some Of These Days | 00:00 Tools | |
10286515 | Play | Moten Swing | 00:00 Tools | |
87231452 | Play | There's Gonna Be the Devil to Pay | 00:00 Tools | |
10286540 | Play | Stormy Weather | 00:00 Tools | |
10286536 | Play | Sparklets | 00:00 Tools | |
10286534 | Play | The Old Stamping Ground | 00:00 Tools | |
10286565 | Play | Polonaise | 00:00 Tools | |
10286548 | Play | Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | 00:00 Tools | |
10286641 | Play | Blues, Why Don't You Leave Me Alone? | 00:00 Tools | |
10286520 | Play | Willie Weep for Me | 00:00 Tools | |
10286549 | Play | Achin' Hearted Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
10286579 | Play | Dinah | 00:00 Tools | |
10286550 | Play | Sharps And Flat | 00:00 Tools | |
10286555 | Play | I'll Follow You | 00:00 Tools | |
10286541 | Play | Breeze (Blow My Baby Back To Me) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286523 | Play | All Of Me | 00:00 Tools | |
52036952 | Play | Am I Blue | 00:00 Tools | |
10286560 | Play | The Stuff Is Here | 00:00 Tools | |
10286634 | Play | Sneakaway | 00:00 Tools | |
10286639 | Play | Dardanella | 00:00 Tools | |
52036931 | Play | Way You Look Tonight | 00:00 Tools | |
10286539 | Play | Fading Star | 00:00 Tools | |
10286552 | Play | Get Acquainted With Yourself | 00:00 Tools | |
10286551 | Play | Honeymoonin' On A Dime | 00:00 Tools | |
10286528 | Play | Tango La Caprice | 00:00 Tools | |
10286594 | Play | Concentrating | 00:00 Tools | |
52036933 | Play | Sittin' At The Table (Opposie You) - Diff. Unissued Take | 00:00 Tools | |
10286748 | Play | Junk Man Rag | 00:00 Tools | |
10286554 | Play | Sophisticated Lady | 00:00 Tools | |
10286573 | Play | The Lion And The Lamb | 00:00 Tools | |
10286606 | Play | 12th Street Rag | 00:00 Tools | |
10286553 | Play | Here Comes The Band | 00:00 Tools | |
10286558 | Play | The Swampland (Is Calling Me) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286593 | Play | Carolina Shout | 00:00 Tools | |
10286680 | Play | The Man I Love | 00:00 Tools | |
10286746 | Play | Memories of You | 00:00 Tools | |
10286564 | Play | Santa Claus Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
10286596 | Play | Streamline Gal | 00:00 Tools | |
10286556 | Play | Peace Brother Peace | 00:00 Tools | |
10286619 | Play | Alexander's Ragtime Band | 00:00 Tools | |
10286557 | Play | Charleston | 00:00 Tools | |
10286707 | Play | Squeeze Me | 00:00 Tools | |
10286600 | Play | Portrait of the Duke | 00:00 Tools | |
10286575 | Play | Rippling Water | 00:00 Tools | |
10286547 | Play | Nagasaki | 00:00 Tools | |
10286561 | Play | I Can See You All Over the Place | 00:00 Tools | |
10286656 | Play | Moonlight Cocktail - Edit Version | 00:00 Tools | |
10286576 | Play | The Boy in the Boat | 00:00 Tools | |
87231453 | Play | What Can I Do With A Foolish Little Girl Like You? | 00:00 Tools | |
10286580 | Play | Louisiana | 00:00 Tools | |
10286595 | Play | Knock Wood | 00:00 Tools | |
10286533 | Play | Keep Your Temper | 00:00 Tools | |
10286563 | Play | The Swampland Is Calling Me | 00:00 Tools | |
10286710 | Play | La Madelon | 00:00 Tools | |
10286623 | Play | Love Will Find a Way | 00:00 Tools | |
10286743 | Play | Woodland Fantasy | 00:00 Tools | |
52036935 | Play | Three Keyboards | 00:00 Tools | |
10286587 | Play | I've Got to Think It Over | 00:00 Tools | |
10286611 | Play | Late Hours | 00:00 Tools | |
10286685 | Play | Bugle Call Rag | 00:00 Tools | |
10286687 | Play | Finger Buster - Original | 00:00 Tools | |
52036932 | Play | I'm Just Wild About Harry | 00:00 Tools | |
10286709 | Play | The Lion Roars | 00:00 Tools | |
10286609 | Play | Ain't She Sweet? | 00:00 Tools | |
10286571 | Play | What Is There To Say | 00:00 Tools | |
10286570 | Play | Let's Mop It | 00:00 Tools | |
52036936 | Play | Zig Zag | 00:00 Tools | |
52036938 | Play | I'm Gonna Ride The Rest Of The Way | 00:00 Tools | |
10286738 | Play | Spanish Venus | 00:00 Tools | |
52036939 | Play | Rock, Jenny, Rock (05-23-27) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036937 | Play | Santa Claus Blues (11-05-25) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286602 | Play | Darktown Strutters Ball | 00:00 Tools | |
52036934 | Play | Home Cooking Mama With The Fryin' Pan (07-22-38) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286577 | Play | Egyptian-Ella | 00:00 Tools | |
52036940 | Play | Echo Of Spring - Diff. Take | 00:00 Tools | |
10286628 | Play | Get Together Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
10286666 | Play | Muskrat Ramble | 00:00 Tools | |
10286612 | Play | Fingerbuster | 00:00 Tools | |
10286690 | Play | Zig-Zag | 00:00 Tools | |
10286629 | Play | Willie's Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
10286562 | Play | Jazz Me Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
10286692 | Play | I'm Coming Virginia | 00:00 Tools | |
10286569 | Play | What Is There to Say? | 00:00 Tools | |
52036941 | Play | Finger Buster (05-14-34) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286588 | Play | Daintiness - The Lion's Theme (Echoes of Spring) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286672 | Play | Relaxing | 00:00 Tools | |
87231454 | Play | the dipsy doodle | 00:00 Tools | |
10286607 | Play | Sittin' at the Table (Opposite You) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286686 | Play | Can You Hear Me | 00:00 Tools | |
10286730 | Play | Hallelujah | 00:00 Tools | |
10286578 | Play | Josephine | 00:00 Tools | |
52036942 | Play | Keep Your Temper (11-05-25) | 00:00 Tools | |
89252479 | Play | On the Sunny Side of the Street Take, Pt. 1 | 00:00 Tools | |
10286599 | Play | Porter's Love Song | 00:00 Tools | |
10286581 | Play | The Campbells Are Swinging | 00:00 Tools | |
10286759 | Play | There's Gonna Be The Devil To Pay (04-23-35) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286584 | Play | The Big Dipper | 00:00 Tools | |
10286618 | Play | The Dipsy Doodle (11-11-37) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286714 | Play | Echo Of Spring (05-22-35) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286636 | Play | Trains and Planes | 00:00 Tools | |
10286702 | Play | The Lion's Theme (Echoes Of Spring) - Charleston | 00:00 Tools | |
52036946 | Play | What Can I Do With A Foolish Little Girl Like You? (04-23-35) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286744 | Play | What Can I Do With A Foolish Little Girl Like You | 00:00 Tools | |
10286749 | Play | Blue Skies | 00:00 Tools | |
10286610 | Play | Conversation On Park Avenue | 00:00 Tools | |
10286567 | Play | Copenhagen | 00:00 Tools | |
10286624 | Play | Rock Jenny Rock | 00:00 Tools | |
10286651 | Play | You're The Limit | 00:00 Tools | |
10286678 | Play | Basin Street Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
10286718 | Play | The Mule Walk | 00:00 Tools | |
10286585 | Play | The Toy Trumpet | 00:00 Tools | |
52036973 | Play | Echoes Of Spring - Live | 00:00 Tools | |
10286677 | Play | Fats Waller Medley | 00:00 Tools | |
52036951 | Play | Darktown strutter's ball | 00:00 Tools | |
10286582 | Play | Sissy | 00:00 Tools | |
10286715 | Play | Jumpin' Down Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
10286742 | Play | I'll Follow You (01-10-39) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286592 | Play | The Flat Foot Floogee | 00:00 Tools | |
10286625 | Play | It's Right Here for You | 00:00 Tools | |
10286711 | Play | Limehouse Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
10286640 | Play | Madelon | 00:00 Tools | |
10286739 | Play | Tango a la Caprice | 00:00 Tools | |
10286589 | Play | Lost In The Shuffle | 00:00 Tools | |
52036943 | Play | The Old Stomping Ground | 00:00 Tools | |
10286597 | Play | Pop Corn Man | 00:00 Tools | |
10286572 | Play | Looney Little Tooney | 00:00 Tools | |
10286642 | Play | How Could You Put Me Down | 00:00 Tools | |
52036948 | Play | It’s Right Here For You (05-23-27) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036947 | Play | The Swampland Is Calling Me (04-13-37) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036949 | Play | Breeze (Blow My Baby Back To Me) (05-22-35) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286632 | Play | Just One Of Those Things | 00:00 Tools | |
87231455 | Play | The Panic is On | 00:00 Tools | |
10286603 | Play | The Spider And The Fly | 00:00 Tools | |
10286590 | Play | That's A Plenty | 00:00 Tools | |
10286613 | Play | I Got Rhythm | 00:00 Tools | |
10286722 | Play | Royal Garden Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
10286717 | Play | Swinging With Bishop | 00:00 Tools | |
87231457 | Play | The Sneakaway (Piano Solo) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036945 | Play | I Can't Give You Anything But Love | 00:00 Tools | |
52036950 | Play | I Can See You All Over The Place (04-13-37) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286644 | Play | Echoes Of Spring (01-10-39) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037013 | Play | Darktown Strutters' Ball | 00:00 Tools | |
52037018 | Play | Rainy Day Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
52036968 | Play | Keeping Out Of Mischief Now | 00:00 Tools | |
10286631 | Play | Harlem Joys (04-23-35) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036993 | Play | Steeplechase - Instrumental | 00:00 Tools | |
10286646 | Play | Swing, Brother, Swing (05-22-35) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286574 | Play | La De Doody Do | 00:00 Tools | |
10286604 | Play | Home Cooking Mama With The Fryin' Pan | 00:00 Tools | |
10286586 | Play | Shoot The Likker To Me, John Boy | 00:00 Tools | |
52036960 | Play | Streamline Gal (04-23-35) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036964 | Play | In A Minor Groove - Instrumental | 00:00 Tools | |
52036978 | Play | H And M Blues - Instrumental | 00:00 Tools | |
10286649 | Play | The Romp | 00:00 Tools | |
52036954 | Play | What Can I Do With A Foolish Little Girl Like You? - Diff. Take | 00:00 Tools | |
10286682 | Play | Old Fashioned Love | 00:00 Tools | |
10286568 | Play | Three Blind Mice (See How They Swing) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286668 | Play | Ain't She Sweet - Instrumental | 00:00 Tools | |
52036956 | Play | The Stuff Is Here - Instrumental | 00:00 Tools | |
10286626 | Play | Tea for Two (master take) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037095 | Play | Careless Love | 00:00 Tools | |
52036967 | Play | Shine - Instrumental | 00:00 Tools | |
52036970 | Play | Sittin' At The Table (Opposite You) (05-22-35) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286664 | Play | Sweet Georgia Brown | 00:00 Tools | |
52036953 | Play | Poor Butterfly | 00:00 Tools | |
52037006 | Play | Peace, Brother, Peace | 00:00 Tools | |
10286745 | Play | If I Could Be with You | 00:00 Tools | |
10286733 | Play | Bring on the Band | 00:00 Tools | |
87231456 | Play | What Can I Do With a Foolish Girl Like You? | 00:00 Tools | |
10286591 | Play | Jump Jump's Here | 00:00 Tools | |
10286697 | Play | Old Man River | 00:00 Tools | |
52036965 | Play | I'm All Out Of Breath (04-13-37) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286728 | Play | Blues, Why Don't You Let Me Alone | 00:00 Tools | |
52036955 | Play | Tea For Two (01-10-39) | 00:00 Tools | |
89252480 | Play | Beale Street Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
87231481 | Play | Rock And Roll And Weep | 00:00 Tools | |
52036995 | Play | Rock, Jenny, Rock | 00:00 Tools | |
52037033 | Play | Peace On You | 00:00 Tools | |
89252481 | Play | On the Sunny Side of the Street Take, Pt. 2 | 00:00 Tools | |
10286696 | Play | Echoes Of Spring - Original | 00:00 Tools | |
52036966 | Play | Get Acquainted With Yourself (07-14-37) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036975 | Play | Some Of These Days - Instrumental | 00:00 Tools | |
10286681 | Play | The Lion And The Lamb (11-30-38) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286616 | Play | Not so Bop Blues (master take) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036992 | Play | Sharps And Flat - Instrumental | 00:00 Tools | |
52036977 | Play | Sparklets - Instrumental | 00:00 Tools | |
52036980 | Play | More Than That (04-13-37) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036961 | Play | Achin' Hearted Blues (09-15-37) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036957 | Play | The Same Thing | 00:00 Tools | |
52036962 | Play | St. Louis Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
52036963 | Play | Baby Won't You Please Come Home | 00:00 Tools | |
52036958 | Play | I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate | 00:00 Tools | |
10286583 | Play | Passionnette | 00:00 Tools | |
10286757 | Play | Passionette (01-10-39) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286659 | Play | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Harold Arlen-Ted Koehler) (from musical "Rhythmania") (1931) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036974 | Play | Three Keyboards (11-30-38) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036984 | Play | Polonaise - Instrumental | 00:00 Tools | |
87231458 | Play | Breeze (Blow My Baby Back To Me) - Diff. Unissued Take | 00:00 Tools | |
10286566 | Play | Tea for Two (alternative take) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286622 | Play | Not so Bop Blues (alternative take) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036986 | Play | Blues, Why Don't You Let Me Alone (09-15-37) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286630 | Play | Breeze | 00:00 Tools | |
89252482 | Play | Blame It on the Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
52036981 | Play | Breeze (Blow My Baby Back To Me) (diff. Unissued Take) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036971 | Play | Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (Menas That You're Grand) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036989 | Play | Sweet Sue, Just You | 00:00 Tools | |
10286755 | Play | I Got A New Thing | 00:00 Tools | |
10286723 | Play | Moonlight Cocktail (Edit Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036983 | Play | Echo of Spring - Diff. Unissued Take | 00:00 Tools | |
10286712 | Play | Careless Love - Original | 00:00 Tools | |
10286727 | Play | I've Got To Think It Over (09-15-37) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036997 | Play | Knock Wood (07-14-37) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037081 | Play | Rockin' in Rhythm | 00:00 Tools | |
10286716 | Play | Hoity Toiti | 00:00 Tools | |
52036998 | Play | Ain't Misbehavin | 00:00 Tools | |
52037025 | Play | Sneakaway (01-10-39) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037044 | Play | Darktown Strutter's Ball (Take 1) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037002 | Play | Swing, Brother, Swing - Diff. Unissued Take | 00:00 Tools | |
52037017 | Play | Rushin' | 00:00 Tools | |
52037122 | Play | Contrary Motion (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037034 | Play | Noodlin' | 00:00 Tools | |
52037005 | Play | Honeysuckle Rose - Instrumental | 00:00 Tools | |
52036969 | Play | Apologies | 00:00 Tools | |
10286758 | Play | Peace, Brother, Peace (07-14-37) | 00:00 Tools | |
89252483 | Play | When It's Sleepy Time Down South | 00:00 Tools | |
10286615 | Play | Strange Fruit | 00:00 Tools | |
52036987 | Play | Stormy Weather (01-10-39) | 00:00 Tools | |
89252484 | Play | Souvenirs Léonins | 00:00 Tools | |
52037067 | Play | Sweet Sue | 00:00 Tools | |
52036972 | Play | Medley: Just One Of Those Things, Tea For Two, Some Of These Days, After You've Gone | 00:00 Tools | |
10286732 | Play | Can You Hear Me (01-29-50) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036976 | Play | Somebody Stole My Gal | 00:00 Tools | |
10286695 | Play | Caroline Shout | 00:00 Tools | |
52037007 | Play | Fingerbustin' | 00:00 Tools | |
52036979 | Play | Contrary Motion (12-01-49) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036982 | Play | I've Found A New Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
52036988 | Play | Falling Stars | 00:00 Tools | |
89252485 | Play | Sweetie Dear | 00:00 Tools | |
10286621 | Play | The Big Dipper (01-07-38) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037126 | Play | Theme Song | 00:00 Tools | |
52036990 | Play | Tea for Two - alternate take - | 00:00 Tools | |
52037015 | Play | Fading Star (01-10-39) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037000 | Play | The Boy in the Boat (Squeeze Me) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286608 | Play | Egyptian-Ella (05-17-38) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036991 | Play | The Lion Steps Out | 00:00 Tools | |
52037098 | Play | Doggin' The Dog | 00:00 Tools | |
52037043 | Play | The Old Stomping-Ground (07-14-37) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036996 | Play | Passionette (01-10-38) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037127 | Play | Swingin' Down the Lane | 00:00 Tools | |
52036999 | Play | S-H-I-N-E | 00:00 Tools | |
52037107 | Play | 12th Street Rag (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286699 | Play | Echoes Of Spring (12-01-49) | 00:00 Tools | |
89252486 | Play | Fussin' | 00:00 Tools | |
89252487 | Play | Mises au point léonines Sur You're the Limit | 00:00 Tools | |
52037001 | Play | Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (Means That You're Grand) (01-07-38) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286669 | Play | Caprice Rag | 00:00 Tools | |
52037032 | Play | I found a new baby | 00:00 Tools | |
87231462 | Play | Oh You Devil | 00:00 Tools | |
87231461 | Play | At Sundown | 00:00 Tools | |
52037014 | Play | Dinah - Instrumental | 00:00 Tools | |
89252488 | Play | The stuff is there | 00:00 Tools | |
10286705 | Play | Morning Air (01-10-39) | 00:00 Tools | |
52036994 | Play | Sendin' The Vipers | 00:00 Tools | |
87231460 | Play | Bugle Call Rag (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
89252489 | Play | Considérations Léonines | 00:00 Tools | |
89252490 | Play | Charmaine | 00:00 Tools | |
52037125 | Play | Lady Be Good | 00:00 Tools | |
52037010 | Play | Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (01-10-39) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037003 | Play | Love Remembers | 00:00 Tools | |
10286658 | Play | falling star | 00:00 Tools | |
52037030 | Play | Concentrating (01-10-39) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037011 | Play | Passionate | 00:00 Tools | |
52037089 | Play | The Old Stomping-Ground | 00:00 Tools | |
52037012 | Play | Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider | 00:00 Tools | |
87231467 | Play | Jumpin Down Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
52037016 | Play | Pretty Baby (01-29-50) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037053 | Play | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea(Harold Arlen-Ted Koehler) (from musical "Rhythmania") (1931) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037054 | Play | Woodland Fantasy (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037004 | Play | Conversation On Park Avenue (01-29-50) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037020 | Play | Spanish Venue | 00:00 Tools | |
52037037 | Play | Finger Buster (01-10-39) | 00:00 Tools | |
87231463 | Play | Wontcha Do It To Me | 00:00 Tools | |
52037021 | Play | That's A Plenty (11-11-37) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037042 | Play | Roll 'Em, Rock 'Em And Weep | 00:00 Tools | |
52037008 | Play | Who's Sorry Now? | 00:00 Tools | |
10286719 | Play | What Can I Do with a Foolish Little Girl Like You? (diff. take) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286661 | Play | Swing, Brother, Swing (diff. unissued take) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037009 | Play | Darktown Strutter's Ball [Take 1] | 00:00 Tools | |
89252491 | Play | Medley Keepin' out of Mischief Now / Charleston | 00:00 Tools | |
52037045 | Play | Echoes Of Spring (12- ?-50) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037029 | Play | Contrary Motions | 00:00 Tools | |
52037050 | Play | Passionette (Willie "The Lion" Smith) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286670 | Play | Black and Blue | 00:00 Tools | |
89252492 | Play | Rushin' (02-17-40) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037061 | Play | Lion's Boogie Woogie | 00:00 Tools | |
52037040 | Play | Squeeze Me ("The Boy in the Boat" [Willie "The Lion" Smith]) (Thomas "Fats" Waller-Clarence Williams) (1919, ©1925) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037022 | Play | Honeymoonin' On A Dime (09-15-37) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037023 | Play | Spanish Venues | 00:00 Tools | |
52037099 | Play | I Can't Give You Anything But Love (12- ?-50) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037026 | Play | Pop Corn Man (03-17-39) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037024 | Play | Willie | 00:00 Tools | |
52037046 | Play | Rippling Waters (12- ?-50) | 00:00 Tools | |
89252493 | Play | Studio Conversation | 00:00 Tools | |
10286650 | Play | twelth street rag | 00:00 Tools | |
52037077 | Play | What Is There to Say? (Vernon Duke-E Y Harburg) (from musical "Ziegfield Follies of 1934" 1934) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037028 | Play | Streamline Girl | 00:00 Tools | |
52037047 | Play | The Boy In The Boat (12- ?-50) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037051 | Play | Zig-zag (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037108 | Play | Ballin' The Jack | 00:00 Tools | |
10286633 | Play | I'll Follow You (12- ?-50) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037075 | Play | Rippling Waters (01-10-39) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037111 | Play | Maple Leaf Rag | 00:00 Tools | |
52037085 | Play | Let's Mop It (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037121 | Play | Muskrat Ramble (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037083 | Play | Morning Air (Willie "The Lion" Smith) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037031 | Play | Relaxin' (Willie's Theme) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037056 | Play | Finger Buster (Willie "The Lion" Smith) (1934) | 00:00 Tools | |
87231469 | Play | Rushin | 00:00 Tools | |
52037059 | Play | Doggin' the Dog (Big Joe Turner, Williams) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037035 | Play | Lost In The Shuffle (02-11-38) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037055 | Play | Morning Air (01-10-38) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037036 | Play | Egyptian Ella - Original | 00:00 Tools | |
52037038 | Play | Rainy Day Blues (Big Joe Turner, Williams) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037039 | Play | Relaxin | 00:00 Tools | |
52037132 | Play | Memphis Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
52037062 | Play | Ragtime Medley | 00:00 Tools | |
52037041 | Play | Careless Love (W C Handy, Spencer Williams) (1925) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286665 | Play | Trains And Planes (01-29-50) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037064 | Play | Ol' Man River | 00:00 Tools | |
10286676 | Play | Fingerbuster (12- ?-50) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037092 | Play | La Marseillaise | 00:00 Tools | |
52037066 | Play | Fading Star - Original | 00:00 Tools | |
10286667 | Play | sister kate | 00:00 Tools | |
52037068 | Play | The Boy In The Boat (01-10-39) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037082 | Play | What Can I Do With A Foolish Little Girl Like You - (diff. take) | 00:00 Tools | |
87231465 | Play | I ll Follow You | 00:00 Tools | |
87231464 | Play | Saint Louis Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
10286704 | Play | Rainy Day Blues (11-26-40) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286653 | Play | What Is There To Say? (01-10-39) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037084 | Play | Get Together Blues (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037120 | Play | Stormy Weather (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
87231489 | Play | Ain't the sweet | 00:00 Tools | |
52037058 | Play | Darktown Strutter's Ball Take 2 | 00:00 Tools | |
10286729 | Play | The Way She Loves A Man | 00:00 Tools | |
52037048 | Play | Sweet Sue - Part 1 (01-29-50) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037080 | Play | I'll Follow You (Fred E Ahlert-Roy Turk) (1932) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037076 | Play | You Took Advantage Of Me | 00:00 Tools | |
52037086 | Play | Tea for Two (Vincent Youmans-Irving Caesar) (1924) (from "No, No, Nanette" 1925) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037049 | Play | Jumpin' Down Blues (11-26-40) | 00:00 Tools | |
87231486 | Play | Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (12- ?-50) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037078 | Play | Echoes of Spring (Willie "The Lion" Smith) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037079 | Play | Background Music For A Coctail Party | 00:00 Tools | |
87231468 | Play | Porterait of the Duke | 00:00 Tools | |
87231488 | Play | Noodlin | 00:00 Tools | |
52037090 | Play | Mutiny in the Parlour | 00:00 Tools | |
52037057 | Play | Doggin' The Dog - Original | 00:00 Tools | |
52037060 | Play | Egyptian-Ella - Original | 00:00 Tools | |
52037063 | Play | Relaxing (12-01-49) | 00:00 Tools | |
89252494 | Play | If I Could Be with You One Our to Night | 00:00 Tools | |
52037070 | Play | Swing, Brother, Swing - (diff. unissued take) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037073 | Play | Echoes Of Spring - (diff. take) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286601 | Play | Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (Means that you're grand) | 00:00 Tools | |
89252495 | Play | Little Jam Before to Leave | 00:00 Tools | |
10286740 | Play | Tea For Two (12- ?-50) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037109 | Play | Stormy Weather (Harold Arlen-Ted Koehler) (from "Cotton Club Parade of 1933") | 00:00 Tools | |
87231475 | Play | Fading Star (12- ?-50) | 00:00 Tools | |
89252496 | Play | Echoes of Spring (Piano Solo) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037115 | Play | Darktown Strutter's Ball (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037118 | Play | Ain't Misbehavin' (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037069 | Play | Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (Harold Arlen-Ted Koehler) (From Musical "Rhythmania") (193 | 00:00 Tools | |
52037071 | Play | Sneakway (12- ?-50) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037072 | Play | The Way You Look Tonight | 00:00 Tools | |
52037106 | Play | Sweet Sue - Part 2 (01-29-50) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037116 | Play | Carolina Shout (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
87231476 | Play | Late Hours (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
87231478 | Play | Dardanella (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
87231479 | Play | Here Comes the Band (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037117 | Play | Cuttin' Out (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
87231480 | Play | How Could You Put Me down (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037088 | Play | Breeze (Blow My Baby Back To Me) - (diff. unissued take) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037074 | Play | Sittin' At The Table (Opposite You) - (diff. unissued take) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037128 | Play | Copenhagen (04-07-38) | 00:00 Tools | |
87231466 | Play | Sugar | 00:00 Tools | |
87231482 | Play | Portrait of the Duke (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
87231483 | Play | Concentrating (Willie "The Lion" Smith) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037113 | Play | Sneakaway (Willie "The Lion" Smith) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037114 | Play | Rippling Waters (Willie "The Lion" Smith) | 00:00 Tools | |
87231493 | Play | Stop It Joe (08-15-53) | 00:00 Tools | |
89252497 | Play | Just You, Just Me | 00:00 Tools | |
52037087 | Play | Echoes Of Spring - (diff. unissued take) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037091 | Play | Peace on You (Singer) | 00:00 Tools | |
89252498 | Play | Carolina Shout (08-15-53) | 00:00 Tools | |
87231470 | Play | Tell Me Mama | 00:00 Tools | |
52037093 | Play | If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight | 00:00 Tools | |
52037094 | Play | Echos of Spring | 00:00 Tools | |
52037096 | Play | Noodlin' (02-17-40) | 00:00 Tools | |
87231471 | Play | Believe Me | 00:00 Tools | |
52037097 | Play | Ida, Sweet As Cider | 00:00 Tools | |
10286725 | Play | Darktown Strutter's Ball (12-24-49) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037100 | Play | Echo Of Spring (Diff. Take) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037101 | Play | Echo Of Spring (Diff. Unissued Take) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037102 | Play | The Dipsy Doodle - Original | 00:00 Tools | |
87231472 | Play | Chevy Chase | 00:00 Tools | |
89252499 | Play | Studio Introductory Conversation | 00:00 Tools | |
87231474 | Play | Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now | 00:00 Tools | |
87231473 | Play | Here Comes The Band (12-01-49) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286721 | Play | Tell Me More | 00:00 Tools | |
89252500 | Play | Sweet Georgia Brown, Pt. 1 | 00:00 Tools | |
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52037104 | Play | Concentrating (12- ?-50) | 00:00 Tools | |
87231490 | Play | Careless Love (11-26-40) | 00:00 Tools | |
89252502 | Play | Relaxing (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037105 | Play | There's Gonna Be The Devil To Pay - Original | 00:00 Tools | |
87231477 | Play | Wontcha Do It For Me | 00:00 Tools | |
89252503 | Play | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Piano Solo) | 00:00 Tools | |
89252504 | Play | I'm Gonna Ride the Rest of the Way (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
89252505 | Play | Madelson (12- ?-50) | 00:00 Tools | |
89252506 | Play | Charleston (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
89252507 | Play | Echoes of Spring (diff. take) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037110 | Play | Peace On You (02-17-40) | 00:00 Tools | |
89252508 | Play | Polonaise (Piano Solo) | 00:00 Tools | |
89252509 | Play | Fading Star (Willie "The Lion" Smith) | 00:00 Tools | |
87231484 | Play | Wontcha Do It To Me (02-17-40) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286655 | Play | The Flat Foot Floogee (04-28-38) | 00:00 Tools | |
87231485 | Play | Looney Little Tooney (04-28-38) | 00:00 Tools | |
10286726 | Play | Josephine (02-11-38) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037112 | Play | Breeze (Blow My Baby Back To Me) - Original | 00:00 Tools | |
89252510 | Play | Baby Don't Say That No More - Live | 00:00 Tools | |
89252511 | Play | Daintness (08- ?-53) | 00:00 Tools | |
87231487 | Play | Rushin' (Willie "The Lion" Smith) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037119 | Play | Wontcha Do It for Me? ("Wontcha Do It to Me?") (Canville) | 00:00 Tools | |
52037123 | Play | Concentrating - Original | 00:00 Tools | |
52037124 | Play | Jumpin' Down Blues (Big Joe Turner, Williams) | 00:00 Tools | |
89252512 | Play | The Lion Steps Out (08-15-53) | 00:00 Tools | |
87231491 | Play | Perdido | 00:00 Tools | |
87231492 | Play | Echoes of Spring - Version 1 | 00:00 Tools | |
52037129 | Play | Tillie's Twist | 00:00 Tools | |
52037130 | Play | Baby, Won't You Please Come Home | 00:00 Tools | |
52037131 | Play | La Madelon (12-24-49) | 00:00 Tools | |
87231494 | Play | Copenhagen - Original | 00:00 Tools | |
52037133 | Play | You're Driving Me Crazy | 00:00 Tools | |
87231495 | Play | 12th Street Rag (12-01-49) | 00:00 Tools |
William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholoff Smith (23 November 1893 – 18 April 1973), a.k.a. "The Lion", was an American jazz pianist and one of the masters of the stride style, usually grouped with James P. Johnson and Thomas "Fats" Waller as the three greatest practitioners of the genre from its Golden Age, c. 1920–1943. William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholoff Smith was born in Goshen, New York. His mother and grandmother chose the names to reflect the different parts of his heritage: Joseph after Saint Joseph (Bible), Bonaparte (French), Bertholoff (biological father's last name), Smith (added when he was three, his stepfather's name), and William and Henry which were added for "spiritual balance". In his memoir he reports that his father, Frank Bertholoff, was Jewish. Willie was at least somewhat conversant in Yiddish, as he demonstrated in a television interview late in his life. Willie's mother, Ida Oliver, had "Spanish, Negro, and Mohawk Indian blood". Her mother, Ann Oliver, was a banjo player and had been in Primrose and West minstrel shows (Smith also had two cousins who were dancers in the shows, Etta and John Bloom). According to Ida, "Frank Bertholoff was a light-skinned playboy who loved his liquor, girls, and gambling." His mother threw Frank out of the house when "The Lion" was two years old. When his father died in 1901, his mother married John Smith, a master mechanic from Paterson, NJ. The surname Smith was added to that of "The Lion" at age 3. He grew up living at 76 Academy Street in Newark. John Smith worked for C.M. Bailey, Pork Packers, and he would leave the house around midnight to pick up the freshly killed pigs and bring them to the packing house. He was supposed to be home by 4 A.M., but would usually go to bars. Eventually, Willie's mother wanted him to accompany his stepfather to work to hopefully ensure that John Smith would come straight home and not go drinking. Willie said he actually enjoyed his job, but most of the time he would have to drive the horses home. He also could only work on Fridays and Saturdays, as his mother did not want him to miss school. He wrote about the experience of being at the slaughterhouse with his stepfather: I couldn't stand to see what I saw at the slaughterhouse. I would watch wide-eyed as the squealing pigs slid down the iron rails to the cutter where they were slashed through the middle, with the two halves falling into a tank of hot water. The kill sometimes went to as many as four hundred pigs a night. It was a sickening sight to watch. But the cries from the pigs brought forth an emotional excitement. It was another weird but musical sound that I can still hear in my head. The squeaks, the squeals, the dipping them in hot water, they put them on a hook, take off the head, the legs, going down an aisle—I hear it on an oboe. That's what you hear in a symphony: destruction, war, peace, beauty, all mixed. In 1907, the family moved to 90 Bloome Street in Newark, but moved again around 1912. His stepfather got a new job at Crucible Steel Company, across the Passaic River in Harrison, New Jersey. The job paid more, and Willie would have to get him before his bosses got him drunk on his own money. He attended the Baxter School, rumored to be a school for bad children. The school was notorious for brawls between Irish, Italian, and African-American children. Willie was in Mrs. Black's fruit store and was caught with his hand in her register. According to Smith's memoirs, he had wanted to borrow a dime to see S.H. Dudley's traveling road show at Blaney's Theater. The thing that shocked Willie the most was the fact that she turned him over to the police. Mrs. Black's son-in-law was the number three tough guy in Newark, and their whole family hated policemen and wouldn't allow them into their store. Willie later wrote, "But they sure didn't mind turning over a 10 year old boy to the police." He went to children's court and was sentenced to a ten dollar fine and probation. After that incident, he was transferred to Morton School, and began sixth grade at his new school (which had a lot less brawling). He would go onto attend Barringer High School (then known as Newark High School). In an effort to get the attention of the ladies, he attempted sports including swimming, skating, track, basketball, sledding, cycling, and boxing. He learned to swim in the Morris Canal. Prizefighting was the sport he was most interested in. Willie says that "maybe that because I've known most of the great fighters from way back. They liked to visit the night clubs...". He got to kid around with Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Battling Siki, Kid Chocolate, Sam Langford, Joe Gans, Bob Fitzsimmons, Harry Greb, Joe Louis, and Gene Tunney. Fitzsimmons owned a saloon on Market Street in Newark, and that is where While learned about Stanley Ketchel, Kid McCoy, Benny Leonard, Jimmy Britt, and Charlie Warner. Willie also belonged to a gang, and the gang had a club called The Ramblers (two famous members were Abner Zwillman and Niggy Rutman). Willie was one of two colored men in the gang, the other being Louis Moss, who Willie referred to as a "sweet talker, who could take his foes apart". Moss later became known as "Big Sue" and owned a saloon in Tenderloin, Manhattan. Moss was his own bouncer at his club (according to Willie, Moss was 6'4" and about 240 pounds). Willie says he used to help him out by playing piano in his back room. When Willie was about six, he went downstairs to the basement of his Academy Street home and found the organ his mother used to play. It was not in good shape, and nearly half of the keys were missing. After his mother discovered his interest in the instrument, she taught him the melodies she knew. One of the first songs he learned was Home! Sweet Home!. His uncle Rob, who was a bass singer and ran his own quartet, would teach Willie how to dance. Willie entered an amateur dance contest at the Arcadia Theater and won first place and the prize, ten dollars. After that, he focused more on playing music at the clubs. Willie had wanted a new piano very badly, but every time he thought his mother was able to afford it, there was a new mouth to feed. Willie got a job at Hauseman's Footwear store shining shoes and running errands, where he was paid five dollars a week. "Old Man" Hauseman paid that much because he liked the fact that Willie could speak Hebrew and also because Willie wanted to buy a piano with the money. As it turned out, Marshall & Wendell's was holding a contest: the object was to guess how many dots there were in a printed circle in their newspaper advertisement. Willie used arithmetic to help guess the number, and the upright piano was delivered the next day. From that day forth, he sat down at the piano and played. He would play songs he heard in the clubs, including Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin, Cannonball Rag by Joe Northrup, Black and White Rag by George Botsford, and Don't Hit that Lady Dressed in Green, about which he said "the lyrics to this song were a sex education, especially for a twelve year old boy.". His other favorites picked up from the saloons were She's Got Good Booty and Baby, Let Your Drawers Hang Low. By the early 1910s he was playing in New York City and Atlantic City, New Jersey. Smith served in World War I, where he saw action in France, and played drum with the African-American regimental band led by Tim Brymn. He also played basketball with the regimental team. Legend has it that his nickname "The Lion" came from his reported bravery while serving as a heavy artillery gunner. He was a decorated veteran of the 350th Field Artillery. Around 1915, he married Blanche Merrill (née Howard), a song writer and lyricist who wrote a number of songs and lyrics for Broadway shows from about 1912 to 1925, particularly for Fanny Brice. Smith and Merrill are thought to have separated before Smith joined the army in 1917, serving as a corporal (he claimed sergeant was his rank), but were still living together in Newark, New Jersey at the time of the 1920 census. Merrill was white and Smith was the only black man living in their apartment building at the time. He returned to working in Harlem clubs and in rent parties, where Smith and his contemporaries James P. Johnson and Fats Waller developed a new, more sophisticated piano style later called “stride.”[6] also after the war, where he worked for decades, often as a soloist, sometimes in bands and accompanying blues singers such as Mamie Smith. Although working in relative obscurity, he was a "musician's musician", influencing countless others including Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, and Artie Shaw. In the 1940s his music found appreciation with a wider audience, and he toured North America and Europe up to 1971. To leave the US, he needed a birth certificate. He went to the Orange County Courthouse and found it, but discovered that the birth certificate said he was born on November 25, in contradiction to his mother telling him he was born on November 23. Willie "The Lion" Smith died in New York City. His autobiography, Music on My Mind, The Memoirs Of An American Pianist, written with the assistance of George Hoefer, was published by Doubleday and Company in 1964. It included a generous foreword written by Duke Ellington. It also includes a comprehensive list of his compositions and a discography. His students included such notable names as Mel Powell, Brooks Kerr, and Mike Lipskin. With the latter, he made two albums: a two-LP set of playing and reminiscences, The Memoirs of Willie the Lion Smith, done in 1965, and an album of solos and duets from 1971: California Here I Come, which coincided with Mike's relocation from New York to Marin County. He was present during the taking of the famous jazz photograph A Great Day in Harlem in 1958. However, he famously was sitting down resting when the selected shot was taken, leaving him out of the final picture. This is discussed in depth in Jean Bach's award-winning 1994 documentary on the history of this photo, released on DVD. Willie Smith had 10 brothers and a sister (including half-siblings). His older brother Jerome died at the age of 15. His other older brother, George, became an officer in Atlantic City, and died in 1946. Willie said of George, "Our paths didn't cross very often in later life. His friends and connections were always on the other side of the fence from mine." His half-brother Robert owned a bar on West Street in Newark. His half-brother Melvin lived on Mulberry Street in Manhattan. Smith had no idea what became of his other two half-brothers, Norman and Ralph. All of the other siblings lived to the ages of 3 to 7. According to Smith, Frank Bertholoff, his birth father was Jewish. As a boy, he delivered clean clothes to his mother's clients, including to a prosperous Jewish family who invited him to sit in on Hebrew lessons on Saturday mornings. Willie was bar-mitzvahed in Newark at age thirteen, and later in life worked as a Hebrew cantor for a Black Jewish congregation in Harlem. Willie the Lion Smith lived long enough to be considered a walking legend. In his later years he received frequent honors for his life's work including a Willie "The Lion" Smith Day in Newark, New Jersey. Perhaps the greatest evidence of the Lion's greatness were the words of praise and respect he received from his peers. Smith died at the age of 79, April 18, 1973, in New York, the city he had called home for most of his life. The liner notes his 1958 LP The Legend of Willie "The Lion" Smith (Grand Awards Records GA 33-368) state: "Duke Ellington has never lost his awe of the Lion's prowess." It quotes Ellington as saying, "Willie The Lion was the greatest influence of all the great jazz piano players who have come along. He has a beat that stays in the mind." This LP is also noted for its album cover, featuring a painting of the Lion by Tracy Sugarman. Ellington demonstrated his admiration when composing and recording the highly regarded "Portrait of the Lion" in 1939. Orange County (NY) Executive Edward Diana issued a proclamation declaring September 18 Willie "The Lion" Smith Day in Orange County, the date of the first Goshen Jazz Festival. On January 10, 1939, Smith recorded 14 piano solos for Commodore Records, including eight of his own compositions: "Morning Air" "Echoes of Spring" "Concentrating" "Fading Star" "Passionette" "Rippling Waters" "Sneakaway" "Fingerbuster" and six standards: "What Is There to Say?" "Between The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" "The Boy In The Boat (Squeeze Me)" "Tea For Two" "I'll Follow You" "Stormy Weather" While he made many other recordings from 1925 until the time of his death, this session is often cited by fans and critics as his masterwork ("the high points of his career," All Music Guide to Jazz, 2002 edition p. 1181). A sampling of Smith's recorded output, from 1925–1953 (approximately five CDs; out-of-print as of 2010), was issued by the French label Chronogical Classics. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.